D.
In article <1994Jul28.193540.9498@netlabs.com>,
Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com> wrote:
>In article <OZ.94Jul27222140@nexus.yorku.ca> oz@nexus.yorku.ca (ozan s. yigit) writes:
>: lwall:
>: ...
>: I think people will latch rather quickly onto the Perl5ism ...
>:
>: what choice do they have?
>
>Ozan, Ozan. You're such a great straight man. I feel like Cyrano on the
>subject of noses. I can't choose among all the bales of hay, so I'll just
>let you choose your own favorite answer.
>
>The Calm Answer
>
> The same choices they've always had, and more.
>
>The Snotty Answer
>
> What a snot!
>
>The Zen
>
> What is the sound of one person choosing?
>
>The Sarcastic
>
> Oooh, I'm sooo sorry. I take it all back.
>
>The Good Old Boy
>
> Hey, ease off on the caffeine, buddy.
>
>The Mindless Aphorism
>
> Perl programmers have the choice of freedom, and freedom of choice.
>
>The Light Witticism
>
> Now, now. Let's not confuse Occam's Razor with Ozan's.
>
>The Veiled Insult
>
> People always have the choice of remaining ignorant.
>
>The Slam Dunk
>
> They can go with me, or they can go with you, or they can go nowhere.
> But gee, the last two options are the same.
>
>The Tolkien Allusion
>
> "The choice is yours, to go or stay."
>
>The Obvious Biblical Allusion
>
> "There's a time for everything under the sun..."
>
>The Obscure Biblical Allusion
>
> "And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said
> unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago
> God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should
> hear the word of the gospel, and believe."
>
>The Poetical Allusion
>
> "Two roads diverged in a wood..."
>
>The Personal Allusion
>
> They've got lots of choices, including even SDBM.
>
>The Flame
>
> [FLAME ON!!!!!!!!]
> How DARE you quote me out of context like that?!?!? You make me sound
> like another Hitler or $omething!!! Just shut the fuck up, okay?!
> [flame off]
> By the way, how's the wife and kids?
>
>The Imminent Death of the Net Predicted
>
> With content-free messages like that, it's no wonder the net is
> going downhill. What we really need is an administrative solution
> to this problem. Now if we could just get some of the backbone SAs
> to agree...
>
>The Psychobabble
>
> What you're saying is valid, but you know, you really have to
> let me be me.
>
>The Flower Child
>
> Peace, man. Got any good stuff?
>
>The Rodney King
>
> Why can't we all just get along?
>
>The Sergeant Friday
>
> You have the right to remain silent.
>
>The Quote Bait
>
> Unlike most computer languages, Perl is both pro-choice and pro-life.
>
>The Paternal Patter
>
> That's okay, Ozan, I understand where you're coming from.
> I once went through the rebellious stage you're going through,
> but eventually I settled down and started getting some real work
> done. These things just take time. Be patient with yourself.
>
>The Philosophical Discourse
>
> While none of us can, in fact, choose anything freely, we must
> make our own meaning out of the absurd by pretending that our
> choices do matter. In this way we authenticate ourselves; we
> demonstrate our existence to everyone who cares, which is, of
> course, nobody but ourselves. In this we are the elohim.
>
>The Direct Answer
>
> They can choose to use the new feature, or they can choose to
> program in the subset of Perl 5 corresponding to Perl 4, which
> many people have oddly enough found to be perfectly adequate.
>
>The Oversimplification
>
> Perl is about nothing BUT choice.
>
>The Infinite Recursion
>
> Ozan, Ozan. You're such a great straight man. I feel like Cyrano...
>
>The Best Answer
>
> [This space intentionally left blank.]
>
>Love,
>Larry
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